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Shattered


Shattered My words are shattered on my tongue Slicing my gums Too afraid to swallow But the words are broken Will not come out They cut up my insides Because I have not let them out And the blunt force Of her words Has shattered The fragile words In my mouth Her words have hit me Like a brick wall Or a breaking wave Throwing me backwards And shattering My words Which so long to come out To stop her From shattering Those words On the tongues Of others.
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